RobertPGH1981
Puritan Board Sophomore
All,
I was recently in a debate forum and they asked me why I didn't adhere to the following OT laws.
Lev 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Deu 13:6 "If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other,
you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
I don't know much about the OT as I am a new believer. Can somebody explain what these verses mean, and how they apply to us today? Why don't we do these things? They basically told me that the the bible contradicts because it tells us not to Kill and then it tells us to kill.
Any insight would be appreciated.
I was recently in a debate forum and they asked me why I didn't adhere to the following OT laws.
Lev 20:13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Deu 13:6 "If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife you embrace or your friend who is as your own soul entices you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which neither you nor your fathers have known, some of the gods of the peoples who are around you, whether near you or far off from you, from the one end of the earth to the other,
you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him. But you shall kill him. Your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. The man who acts presumptuously by not obeying the priest who stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
I don't know much about the OT as I am a new believer. Can somebody explain what these verses mean, and how they apply to us today? Why don't we do these things? They basically told me that the the bible contradicts because it tells us not to Kill and then it tells us to kill.
Any insight would be appreciated.
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